Palm Coast man accused of shooting into house

A 29-year-old Palm Coast man is accused of shooting into the house of his parents where the mother of his children and his 4- and 5-year-old sons were staying.

JULIE MURPHYSTAFF WRITER

PALM COAST — A 29-year-old Palm Coast man is accused of shooting into the house of his parents where the mother of his children and his 4- and 5-year-old sons were staying, according to Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Chambers. Christopher Ryan Avellar was arrested Friday night after deputies investigated reports that he had fired a shot at the house on Waywood Place, the report states. Avellar and the mother of his children got into an argument and he grabbed the woman's wrist to get her phone and then pushed her into a kitchen counter, the report states. She left with the children and went to his parents' house. He arrived about 10 p.m. and began to "violently bang" on the door, and was "yelling and screaming," according to the report.The woman reported to deputies that she knew he was armed, "because he always carries a firearm."She took the children upstairs and Avellar's father went outside to confront him, the report states.A neighbor saw Avellar get something from his vehicle and walk toward the house, according to the report. Dispatchers were called after a shot was fired. Deputies found a .45-caliber casing in the roadway. The bullet went through the garage door and into a cabinet "coming to rest in a child's toy," according to the report. Avellar was carrying a semi-automatic handgun "loaded with a full magazine of .45-caliber hydro shot rounds," Chambers reported. Avellar's parents, the mother of his children, his children and another relative were in the house when he fired at it, the report states. "(The women) were emotionally distraught and still crying."Avellar was booked into the Flagler County Inmate Facility where he remains without bail.